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Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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3. If the mercy gotten by thy prayer, doth encourage thee to go to God another time, to pray again more confidently and fervently, it is a sign thou hast gotten the former mercy that way:1 The Lord hath heard me (saith David) and I will call upon him as long as I live.
3. If the mercy gotten by thy prayer, doth incourage thee to go to God another time, to pray again more confidently and fervently, it is a sign thou hast gotten the former mercy that way:1 The Lord hath heard me (saith David) and I will call upon him as long as I live.
4. If the thing obtained by thy prayer, doth make thee careful to perform thy vows made in prayer:1 I will pay thee my vows (saith David) which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in my trouble; and the reason follows, because that verily God hath heard me, when I cried to him; and so Eliphaz in Job, doth connect and hang these two together, Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, 2and thou shalt pay thy vows.
4. If the thing obtained by thy prayer, doth make thee careful to perform thy vows made in prayer:1 I will pay thee my vows (saith David) which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in my trouble; and the reason follows, because that verily God hath heard me, when I cryed to him; and so Eliphaz in Job, doth connect and hang these two together, Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee,